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Quran Memorisation Goal Calculator
Choose what you want to memorise, then give a target date or a daily amount. You get a daily pace, a finish date and a weekly load, with an honest note on how realistic it is.
Your pace
Example: one juz is about 300 lines. At 5 lines a study day, Monday to Friday, that is 60 study days, or about 12 weeks. Choose your own numbers above (JavaScript is needed).
Checkpoints
This covers new memorisation only. Revision of earlier portions takes extra time each day: see the Hifz revision planner. Your own pace will vary from week to week.
Choosing a pace you can keep
Memorisation goals fail more often from a pace that is too fast than from one that is too slow. A big daily amount looks efficient on paper, but each new lesson also adds to what must be revised tomorrow, next week and next year. A smaller daily amount that you can keep up through busy weeks usually wins.
Here is how one juz (about 300 lines) works out at different daily amounts on five study days a week. These are simple sums, not predictions of what any student will do:
| Lines a study day | Pages a week | Weeks for one juz |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0.7 | 30 |
| 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | 1.7 | 12 |
| 8 | 2.7 | 8 |
| 10 | 3.3 | 6 |
| 15 | 5 | 4 |
How the calculator treats realism. For a beginner it flags anything above about one page (15 lines) a day as ambitious, because new memorisers are also learning how to revise and how to keep their tajweed accurate. If you have memorised before, the limits are higher. These are rules of thumb, and a teacher who hears you recite is the best judge of the right amount.
Plan around real life. Choose only the days you will really study, keep the missed-day buffer on, and review your pace every few weeks. If a goal is far away, the checkpoints help: a finish line two years away feels easier when you can see the quarter-way date. For daily structure see the Hifz tracker and the guide to sabaq, sabqi and manzil, and track Juz Amma with the Juz Amma checklist.
If you are not yet reading fluently, start with the Noorani Qaida and Tajweed; memorising comes more easily on top of accurate reading. Our one-to-one Hifz classes set the daily amount with you. See pricing or book a free trial class.
Frequently asked questions
How many lines is a page of the Quran?
In the Madani mushaf, which has 604 pages, almost every page has 15 lines. A juz is usually 20 pages, or about 300 lines. Other printings of the Quran use different layouts, so ask your teacher which one to count in.
How much should a beginner memorise each day?
There is no single right amount. Many teachers start new memorisers with a few lines or a few short verses a day, and let the amount grow as revision becomes a habit. Going beyond about one page (15 lines) a day is usually ambitious for a beginner, so the calculator will point that out.
Does the calculator include revision time?
No. It covers new memorisation only. Revision of recent and older portions takes extra time every day and grows as you memorise more. Use the Hifz revision planner alongside this calculator to see how the day is split.
Why does the calculator add a buffer for missed days?
Illness, travel, exams and busy weeks happen to everyone. With the buffer on, the calculator plans to finish in about nine tenths of the study days, so a few missed days do not push your finish date back.
Can this tell me how long it will take me to memorise a juz?
It can show how long a juz would take at a pace you choose. It cannot predict your pace, because memorisation speed varies a lot from person to person and from week to week. Treat the date as a planning guide that you review with your teacher, not as a promise.
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